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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology
The Polluted World Image Credits: NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/) Recently a study was conducted to determine pollution levels in all the biggest cities of the world. It was conducted to determine the quality of breathable air in the world. So let us look at a few parameters that were the baselines for this survey: 1) PM2.5 determines […]
Mazda & the Wankel Engine
The internal combustion engine is broadly classified into 3 types: -Reciprocating Engines Two Stroke Four Stroke Six Stroke Diesel Engine Miller Cycle Atkinson Cycle -Continuous Combustion Engines Gas Turbine Jet engine & finally just one type of Rotary Piston Engine also known as the Wankel engine. Many engineers and inventors who have worked with these […]
Vehicular Aerodynamics
Many of us have driven with our windows down and our tops down so that we can feel the wind billowing around us. It is an amazing feeling altogether. This however is just one perspective we have of the effects of wind or more specifically air. Have you ever considered the air around us as […]
Low Rolling Resistance Tires
Tires are used in automobiles to increase the grip between the vehicle and the road. The surface area of the tire in contact with the road at any point of time is the factor that influences grip. Grip can also be termed as the friction between two rough surfaces. In order to move the vehicle […]
Working of a Power-splitter
Lets Split Some power! The power-split device is the heart of a PowerSplit Hybrid vehicle. It is an extremely interesting and cleverly designed gearbox that integrates the internal combustion engine and the electric motor drive together. This allows the car to be powered by either the engine or the electric motor alone.But most important of […]
PowerSplit Hybrid Drive
We saw that in a series drive system the engine runs continuously, charging the batteries as it ran which in turn powered the electric motors. In a parallel drive system the engine and the electric motor ran together in a different way. They always supplemented each other but in a very mild way. When […]
Power-split Hybrid drive System (Series Hybrid Discussion)
As seen, both the conventional engine driven cars and the full electric cars have a set of advantages and disadvantages. We need cleaner and greener technologies which can also provide sufficient range. The answer to our problem comes in the form of a marriage. The joining of these two technologies to form one great solution. […]
PowerSplit Hybrid Drive System (Parallel Hybrid Discussion)
Parallel Hybrid System: With a parallel hybrid electric vehicle, both the engine and the electric motor generate the power that drives the wheels. The addition of computer controls and a transmission allow these components to work together. This is the technology in the Insight, Civic, and Accord hybrids from Honda. Honda calls it their […]
New Emerging Automobile Technologies 